AZMEX UPDATE 30-7-18

AZMEX UPDATE 30 JUL 2018

Note: photos, etc. at link.

Chandler police arrest twelve during year long narcotic investigation
Posted: Jul 30, 2018 4:01 PM MST
Updated: Jul 30, 2018 4:01 PM MST
By Eric Zott
http://www.azfamily.com/story/38770436/chandler-police-arrest-twelve-during-year-long-narcotic-investigation?autostart=true

Chandler police arrest twelve people suspected to be involved in a Mexican drug organization. (Source: 3TV/CBS 5 News)
CHANDLER, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -

Authorities in Chandler have arrested twelve people after an investigation into a Mexican drug smuggling operation that was selling narcotics in the community.

Chandler Police Dept. spokesman Det. Seth Tyler said the thirteen month operation concluded this month with the arrest of Guadalupe Larranage, 37, Francisco Javier-Lopez, 37, Rodolfo Gaxiola-Vega, 26, Diego Vega-Valenzuela, 32, Gaspar Lopez-Felix, 32, Ray Villa, 57, Jesus Gonzales, 47, Vanessa Romero, 33, Jesse, Raley, 39, Anna Larranaga, 37, Clarissa Moreno, 46 and Marisela Chavez-Borbon, 26.

Tyler said all suspects booked into the Maricopa County Jail.

Investigators focused on drugs that were being transported from their point of origin near the Mexican border before being packaged and, finally, distributed for sale in the Chandler area. Tyler says the detectives seized two pounds of heroin and methamphetamine, various quantities of cocaine, marijuana and fentanyl, and seven firearms.

"The Chandler Police Department is committed to working with our community and law enforcement partners to preserve the quality of life in our neighborhood," said Chandler Police Chief Duggan. "Preventing opioid fatalities is a top priority and this collaborative investigation, and subsequent drug seizures, likely saved lives."

All involved have been charged with various felonies to include Illegal Control of an Enterprise, Money Laundering, Conspiracy to Commit Possession of Narcotic Drugs, and Dangerous Drugs for Sale, says Tyler.

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Note: anti Mexican Navy posters.

Mexico investigates protest posters found with guns
Posted: Monday, July 30, 2018 10:15 am | Updated: 10:45 am, Mon Jul 30, 2018.
Associated Press
https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/mexico-investigates-protest-posters-found-with-guns/article_ea228de5-971c-5c9b-906c-e9607f308fd7.html

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Mexico say soldiers have found a stash of placards like those used in anti-navy protests alongside a stash of guns at a house in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo.
The government of the border state of Tamaulipas said Sunday the 137 printed placards are identical to those used in recent protests by activists blaming marines for the disappearances of more than two dozen people in Nuevo Laredo this year.
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says there have been 31 reported disappearances since February.
The government has suggested the Zetas drug cartel either carried out the kidnappings disguised as marines, or has instigated protests against the disappearances.
The federal prosecutors' office said the placards were found in a house with 11 rifles and five pistols.

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Border Patrol Agent Assaulted by Mexican Migrant at Border
July 30, 2018 - Border News - Tagged: assaulted, Border Patrol Agent
From breitbart.com:

An illegal alien from Mexico assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent after he illegally crossed the border in South Texas.

A Laredo Sector agent attempted to arrest an illegal immigrant after he crossed the border near Rio Bravo, Texas. The agent responded to sensor indicators and observed to migrants who had illegally crossed. The agent detained one of the subjects but the other fled back across the river to Mexico, according to information obtained by Breitbart Texas from Laredo Sector Border Patrol officials.

https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/07/29/border-patrol-agent-assaulted-by-mexican-migrant-at-border/

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Note: Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.

They were looking for gunmen and find drugs and weapons
An anonymous call alerted the State Police about movements of armed men, but the criminals managed to escape
The agents of the State Police set up an operation in the Colonia Francisco Villa.
07/30/2018

http://www.elmanana.com.mx/noticia/172860/Buscaban-a-pistoleros-y-hallan-droga-y-arma.html.

A small package with cocaine and a long weapon were confiscated by officers of the State Creditable Police (PEA), in a "safe house" in Colonia Francisco Villa.

It was thanks to an anonymous report on several armed men that mobilized the officers of the PEA, on Sunday afternoon, on Boulevard Calderón Churches, at its junction with Privada Revolucionario, in Colonia Francisco Villa.

Several police units came to the site to protect the area while the alleged drug and weapon was being lifted.

The confiscated was left with the federal authorities who will be responsible for carrying out the corresponding investigations in order to try to identify the owners of the home.

ARMED MEN
The call was generated in the C-4 system, reporting movements of armed people in the house located in Colonia Francisco Villa.

Police officers reported that before arriving, an armed person was seen when entering the home, but when they entered the house, the suspect had fled, leaving behind an assault rifle, which was not specified.

The officers proceeded to inspect the abandoned residence and its furniture, detecting a package with brown tape that contained a substance with all the characteristics of cocaine.

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